Mimosa Recipe

What’s better to serve at brunch than a fabulous mimosa recipe made with dry sparking wine and orange juice? It’s simple, fun and perfect to serve company. Below, we share our recipe and video with tips for how to make the absolute best mimosa at home.

The Best Wine for Making Our Mimosa Recipe

Use a dry sparkling wine, not sweet. We usually will spend $12 to $15 on the sparkling wine we add to our mimosas. Your best bet is to look for “Cava,” which comes from Spain or an American sparkling wine that’s around $15. A dry Prosecco is a great option, too. Unless you’ve found something you absolutely love, don’t go lower than $10 as that could lead to headache central.

The Orange Juice

If you can swing it, use freshly squeezed orange juice. We know it seems a little over the top, but when you consider half of the drink is made from juice, you want the best. Freshly squeezed OJ is a little lighter, a bit tart and more delicate than anything you can find in the store.

With that said, when we’re in a pinch, we’ll use the “Simply” brand of orange juice.

The Ratio

A classic mimosa recipe calls for equal parts sparkling wine to orange juice. While we think this ratio tastes the best, if we’re serving a crowd for brunch, we do hold back the wine a little. There is also the option to add a splash of orange liqueur, such as Grand Marnier or triple sec. We’ll skip this and keep things a little lighter, but feel free to experiment yourself.

When you’re making a mimosa, always add the sparkling wine first, then top with orange juice. This way, the cocktail mixes together on its own and won’t make a sticky mess at the top of the glass. You don’t need to stir as this will cause the wine to become flat.

Keep The Wine and the Orange Juice Chilled

The absolute worst thing you can do to a mimosa is serve it warm. Keep the wine and orange juice (or oranges if you are planning to juice them yourself) in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve. Once you’ve poured everyone a drink, place everything back into the refrigerator until you’re ready for a second round.

What's better to serve at brunch than a fabulous mimosa cocktail made with dry sparking wine and orange juice? It's simple, fun and perfect to serve company. Use a dry sparkling wine, not sweet. We usually will spend $12 to $15 on the sparkling wine we add to our mimosas. Your best bet is to look for "Cava," which comes from Spain or an American sparkling wine that's around $15. A dry Prosecco is a great option, too. Unless you've found something you absolutely love, don't go lower than $10 as that could lead to headache central.

Created By: Joanne and Adam Gallagher

Yield: 8

You Will Need

FOR 8 Mimosa Cocktails

1 750 ml bottle chilled dry sparkling wine

3 cups (750 ml) chilled orange juice (freshly squeezed is best)

1/2 cup (118 ml) Grand Marnier or triple sec (optional)

FOR 1 Mimosa Cocktail

1/3 cup (79 ml) chilled dry sparkling wine

1/3 cup (79 ml) chilled orange juice (freshly squeezed is best)

1 tablespoon (15 ml) Grand Marnier or triple sec (optional)

Directions

Fill 8 champagne flutes 1/2 full with chilled sparkling wine. Top with orange juice. If you are using, top mimosa with 1 tablespoon of Grand Marnier or triple sec.

According to the Wikipedia pages on both drinks, this isn’t actually the case. A Buck’s* Fizz is actually just 2 parts orange juice and one part sparkling wine. All the mimosa did was up the ratio to 1:1.

I got cava for these and it was $15/bottle so I figured it would be a pretty good one but it was disgustingly dry. I am so disappointed that we just had to dump it out:( don’t do cava! It wouldn’t let me do stars which is fine because it would be 0 stars